Advocates for International Development

Analysis

Advocates for International Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05907641). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Advocates for International Development reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £3.8m (+258%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Advocates for International Development sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund (£3.8m), Centre Thirty Three Young People's Counselling and Information Service (£3.8m) and Eleanor Palmer Trust (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £210k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.